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Gaius Ateius Capito

Tribune of the plebs in 55 BCE

🏛️ Career

  1. Tribune of the Plebs

    Broughton: With Gallus, he opposed Pompey and Crassus, and attempted to prevent the passage of the Lex Trebonia (a). He attended Crassus' departure for his province with solemn execrations (b).

    Sources (2)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • (a) Plut. Cat. Min. 43; Dio 39.32.3, and 35-38
      • (b) Cic. Div. 1.29-30; 2.81f.; Vell. 2.46.3; Plut. Crass. 16; App. BC 2.18; Flor. 1.46.3, Metellus; cf. Cic. Ait. 4.13.2; Fam. 1.9.20; Lucan 3.126; see A. D. Simpson, TAPhA 69 [19381 532-541

🏺 Family

No family relations recorded.